'It's a problem for everybody': This is what the opioid epidemic looks like in Hudson County

Kim Luciano and her daughter Allison attended a vigil in May for Kearny residents who've fallen victim to drug overdoses. They wrote on balloons the names of loved ones and friends they've lost to drugs, a list that includes both of their fathers.

It was a somber day of healing and support, especially for Allison, who'd been battling heroin addiction for five years.

When you discount another point of view then you are stating only your opinion counts. That is the beginning of tyranny. It is always the liberals that cannot stand being challenged on another point of view.

lol. And yet it's Republicans that yell "fake news" at anything they don't like, no matter how true it is, while simultaneously buying into any and every conspiracy theory imaginable.

Yvonne wrote:It is always the liberals that cannot stand being challenged on another point of view.

I love debate and encountering other points of view. I hate uninformed points of view, even when I agree with the overall gist. I hate views that are expressed incoherently, along with views that are highly subjective and too heavily weighted with personal experience. Way too often, you check those boxes. You don't challenge anyone - certainly not me. You make noise.

When you discount another point of view then you are stating only your opinion counts. That is the beginning of tyranny. It is always the liberals that cannot stand being challenged on another point of view.

JSleeze wrote:I think "scummy bigot" is a full consideration of her entire body of work. Think of it as a lifetime achievement award.

Liberalism at work, they talk equality but cannot stand another point of view. Then again, that is how the former Soviet Union worked, they killed people or put them in Siberia for having a different opinion. Joe Stalin would be proud, jSleeze.

The Daily Caller, the cesspool of Internet nedws for racist cranks everywhere.

No mention of the huge and growing use of prescriptions by the drug makers, distributors and doctors that have hooked millions on legal opioids.

Keep being a scummy bigot Yvonne. At least you're consistent.

That means every journalist that have covered the fentanyl crisis and says the same thing is a bigot. Yes, some do get hooked from doctors but when that dries up, they get their drugs from the streets and according to border patrol agents they find this material on illegal immigrants. http://www.kesq.com/news/crime/border ... taped-to-bodies/586125366

Hudson County sues makers of opioids, alleging negligence and fraud

JERSEY CITY — Hudson County this week joined the growing list of public entities suing opioid manufacturers, alleging the companies spent decades convincing the public that their drugs are safe and downplaying their addictive nature.

The drug manufacturers and distributors named in the suit — including the Sackler family, owner of Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin — have destroyed communities and left state and local governments to pay much of the cost of treating people addicted to opioids, the 139-page lawsuit says.